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The use of technology within schools has been increasing year on year and this is down to the technological advances of software and hardware packages. There has been a necessary shift in the implementation of technology to support our teaching and assessments and is now considered a core component in our schemes of work.

There is, however, a desire to teach to the 'traditional method' and now more than ever where time is a precious commodity, we need to look at new ways to deliver and assess the content.

We have released a White Paper titled 'A new digital model for teachers and schools'. This aims to address the common issues faced by teachers and presents solutions that utilise the technology we have available.

Today's topic that we are focusing on is Bearings. Bearings are used in navigation to identify (as a measure of turn) where the direction of one object is in relation to another. You need to remember that bearings are calculated from North, in a clockwise direction and given as a three digit value. Be careful with sentence structure as bearings are measured FROM the object (normally the second point in the question). When calculating more complex bearings knowledge of angles in parallel lines is useful (particularly co-interior angles). The harder questions will involve speed, time, perpendicular lines and maybe the use of Pythagoras' theorem and trigonometry.

In today's topic, we look at Time and Money. You can be faced with questions involving time and converting time is an important skill to have when faced with some of the more obscure problem-solving questions. We also have a look at money as there have been money problems linked to probability and possible combination problems. Other common questions involve currency conversion where you either multiply or dived by the exchange rate.

In today's topic, we look at Units. Many of the questions you will face will include units of some descriptions so it important that you are able to convert between the different types of units (metric). This will involve multiplying or dividing your value by a power of 10 (10, 100, 1000 etc). When it comes to Area and Volume the conversion factors are squared and cubed respectively.